Immigrant Voices - Achy Obejas & Megan Bayles

Immigrant Voices

By Achy Obejas & Megan Bayles

  • Release Date: 2014-03-25
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature

Book Synopsis

Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories, an exciting new anthology from the Great Books Foundation, features eighteen provocative and entertaining short stories by contemporary authors such as Junot Díaz, Edwidge Danticat, Daniel Alarcón, and many others. 

Each selection in this anthology, coedited by award-winning author Achy Obejas and Megan Bayles, addresses perennial questions about society and the individual that the authors of the Great Books have pondered for centuries. Discussion groups, academic audiences, and general readers interested in stories that focus on the immigrant experience in the twenty-first century will find that this anthology prompts thoughtful reflection and lively conversation.

Letting Go to America
M. Evelina Galang

Absence
Daniel Alarcón

Mother the Big
Porochista Khakpour

The Bees, Part 1
Aleksandar Hemon

Otravida, Otravez
Junot Díaz

Wal-Mart Has Plantains
Sefi Atta

Fischer vs. Spassky
Lara Vapnyar

The Stations of the Sun
Reese Okyong Kwon

Echo
Laila Lalami

No Subject
Carolina De Robertis

The Science of Flight
Yiyun Li

Hot-Air Balloons
Edwidge Danticat

Home Safe
Emma Ruby-Sach

SJU–ATL–DTW (San Juan–Atlanta–Detroit)
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes

Diógenes
Pablo Helguera

Bamboo
Eduardo Halfon

Encrucijada
Roberto G. Fernández

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